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for STOECr TIMES 








Now For a Story Rhyme! 











for STOTiT TIMES 



By MARIE-ANNE IORDAN ^ 

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Copyright, 1930 / 

By Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 

All rights reserved 

Mother’s Rhymes for Story Times 


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Printed in U. S. A. 

By The Jordan & More Press 


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TO MY DAUGHTER 

Jane 



FOR WHOM THESE PICTURES 
AND VERSES 
WERE ORIGINALLY 
MADE 


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Shame! Shame! 

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Cluck! Cluck! 

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Guess. 

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The Strange Beast , 

. . . . 18 

The Lion Bold 

20 

Ole Mistah Possum . 

22 

Bossy. 

.... 24 

The Scarecrow . 

. 26 

Grandfather Toad . 

28 

Poor Annabelle . 

.... 30 

Toowhit, Toowhoo! . 

.... 32 

Little Janet . 

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Swing, Swing . 

.... 36 

Speak, Prince ! 

.... 38 

A Quarrel 

.... 40 

Turkey Gobbler 

. . . . 42 

Pretty Balloon . 

. . . . 44 

Poor Fido .... 

. . . . 46 

Honk! Honk! 

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Mr. Bullfrog 

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CONTENTS 

The Little Bird .52 

Tpie Funny Bird .54 

I Wonder.56 

A Queer Thing. 58 

Obedience.60 

A Drink for the Posies.62 

The Naughty Goat.64 

Too Fast.66 

Take Care!.68 

The Fishes.70 

Bossy Cow.72 

The Funny Crab.74 

Speak! .76 

Off to Bed.78 




















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“Shame! Shame!” says the jay. 


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“Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! see my 
pretty babies, 

Round and soft and fluffy as 
can be. 

I’m so proud, I brought them here 
to show you 

The cutest chicks that ever you 
did see.” 



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guESS 



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what’s in your hand behind your 
back, 

Something nice for me? 

Guess the hand that holds the prize, 
And then I’ll let you see. 



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TH£ ST%ANgE ES^ST 


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“What kind of beast is that,” said 
Paul, 

“With ears so large and tail so 
small. 

With a wiggly nose and a friendly 
eye? 

He will not harm us, so don’t 
you cry.” 

















THE J^OE^^OUD 



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“Ohjjlet’s peel^ over the liigh board ^nce!” 
‘Small Bill to his listers crie4. ^ 

And jso they jpeeked, 4nd what po you 

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These ciirious kiddies | 





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A lion bold, v\ath a snarlt 

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And a hungry look 

' in his eye. 

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These Kiddies 
That they all began, 
to cry. 






























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Ole Mistah Possum, 
Winkin’ ob yo’ eye, 
Daddy’s gwine to ketch you 
An’ put you in a pie. 


Ole Mistah Possum 
’Way up in dat tree, 
Settin’ on a limb, 

A-grinnin’ down at me. 























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old Bossy was peacefully browsing 
one day, 

Where Goldylocks down in the 
field was at play. 

When Bossy said, “Moo”, and lifted 
her head. 

Wee Goldylocks kicked up her 
heels and fied. 




















THE SCH%ECROfV 









Mercy sakes! You s’prised me 
so, 

I fell right over flat, 

To see a great big black scare¬ 
crow 

Flap his arms like that. 























g%AX£>FylTHETt TOyiT> 


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Underneath a toadstool 
In my garden fair, 

Old Grandfather Toad sits, 
Watching with great care, 
Hoping that a fat bug 
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Poor little Annabelle lost her new 
ball 


Over the top ol the high garden 
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How can she get it? Fm sure 1 


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TOOIVHIT, TOOfVHOO! 



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Toowhit, too whit, toowhoo! 

Now who on earth are you? 
You woke me from a nice sound 

A stupid thing to do. 






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Little Janet sat on the fence, 
Watching a big fat spider. 
Quick as a wink, he let himself 
down, 

And sat on the fence beside 
her. 































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Swing, swing, up and down 
V / Up to the branches 

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It’s the greatest fun a 
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^ Swinging to and 







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Speak, Prince, Speak! 

Let’s hear what you can say. 
“Woof,” said Prince, 

And then he ran away. 





















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Quarrelling’s a silly thing 
For little girls to do. 

I hope that they will soon make up, 
And play some more, don’t you ? 



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Proud old Turkey Gobbler, 
You’d better hide awav. 

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For if you don’t they’ll catch you. 
And eat you Christmas Day. 




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Pretty balloon, you 
\ float so high, 

I Like a big bubble 
/ ’way up in the sky. 
What fun it must be 
to drift to and fro, 
\ And sway with the 
\ breezes as gently 
\ they blow. 
















Too'ii Fmo 



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Poor Fido looks so sad, 

I know the reason why. 
He does not like to hear 
His little mistress cry. 
















HOXKI honkj. 



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“Honk! Honk!” said the smart 
young goose 

“Get out of my path, I say, 
For h you don’t. I’ll nip you hard, 
And then you’ll run away.” 

















RULLFRQQ 


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old Mr. Bullfrog 
In the lily-pool, 

On summer days, it must be nice 
To keep so very cool. 














THE TJTTLE EITH 


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. Keep very quiet, Polly, 
And maybe we shall see 


The little bird a-building 
Her nest up in our tree. 

























THE FUE'Q^ EITiD 


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Dearie me, 1 never heard 
Such a very funny bird. 

Says, “Hello’,’ and says “Good-bye” 
Talks the same as you and I. 






























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I wonder how my doll would be 
If she played like you and me. 
She’d have fun, like girls and boys, 
With Noah’s Ark and all the toys. 



















A §iye£R THIXS 



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It is hard to sit so still 

When I want to romp and play, 
But my mistress says I must, 

So I cannot disobey. 






















yl T)RINK^FO%TH£ POSISS 


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On sunny days, my posies 
Get very dry, I think. 

And so I bring my water-can 
And give them all a drink. 







THE D^UQHTr QO^T 



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You horrid old goat, 

I don’t like you at all. 
You chewed my best hat, 
And spoiled my new doll. 
























TOO FAST 


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Don’t drink your milk so fast, 
It is not good for you. 

You’ll make yourself quite sick, 
And then what shall I do ? 



























TAKE C-4R£l 



68 




Home with a basket of nice fresh 

eggs, 

Comes little Molly Tupper. 

11 she should fall, 

She’d break them all, 

Then she’d have none forsupper. 






















THE FISHES 



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‘BOSST COfV 



72 



Ting-a-ling, Ting-a-ling 
To pasture Bossy goes, 

For she likes the nice green grass. 
That in the pasture grows. 


















TH£ Fuu^(2<r 



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You’re a funny old thing, 

With your house on your back, 
And you’re safe from the rain 
every minute. 

Cause when there’s a storm 
You can keep safe and warm 
It s so easy to back right up in it. 



















S’PSyl 


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If you want a piece of cake, 
You’ll have to speak for me 
’Cause you’re the very smartest dog 
That ever I did see. 



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Tit, Tat, Toe, 

Three in a row. 

In nighties white, 

By candle-light, . 
OIF to bed they go. 































































































































